Antônio de Barros Carvalho
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Antônio de Barros Carvalho, better known as Barros Carvalho (
Early years
The son of José de Carvalho and Albuquerque and Francisca de Barros Carvalho, he graduated from the Faculty of Pharmacy and Dentistry of Recife, but at an early stage, became interested in economic and financial issues and taxation, an area in which he specialised.
A landowner in Palmares, he was an Inspector of consumption tax in Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Sul, Minas Gerais, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro and later a Superintendent Inspector of federal taxation.
He served as technical advisor to the
During the Dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas (1937–1945), he served as editor of the daily newspaper Diário de Pernambuco and directed the Jornal Pequeno. At a later stage, he contributed as a journalist to the daily newspapers Estado de Minas and Diário de São Paulo.
Political career
After joining the UDN, he was elected first substitute federal deputy for Pernambuco in December 1945, occupying a seat in the Chamber of Deputies between December 1945 and December 1947.
In 1950, he was elected federal deputy for the UDN –
Due to his great prestige among workers, he was invited by Getúlio Vargas to join the PTB. Accepting the invitation, he was re-elected by his new party, the PTB-PST coalition, in 1954.
In October 1958, he was elected Senator and simultaneously re-elected as a Federal Deputy, opting for the position of Senator.
In 1960, he was appointed
He accompanied Vice-President
He opposed the Additional Act No. 4 of 2 September 2, 1961, which established a parliamentary regime within Brazil, but supported the act as a way of permitting João Goulart to take power. He then defended then the anticipation of the referendum on the system of government, which was eventually approved in September 1962, with the referendum finally held on 6 January 1963, at which point, the population decided to return to the presidential system.
He was leader of the PTB in the Senate from 1962 to 1965 and leader of the majority coalition (
He was the uncle of Marcos Freire, who was Senator for Pernambuco between 1975 and 1983, Chairman of the
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